Chapter 671: Harbor Confrontation
"Tomorrow is the Dragon Boat Festival, and since the start of the war, everyone has been working very hard, so we should take a good rest. But I want to tell you that there is a good chance that the Japanese will launch a sneak attack tonight, attacking our coastline and even our submarine bases. Fighting is not what we want to choose, but when the battle comes, we must not be afraid, all the submarines will sail, and once we are attacked, we will launch an unlimited submarine war against the Japanese, so that the island nation can taste the power of the underwater wolf pack! ”
Shen Honglie made a pre-war mobilization speech to all the submarine members, and he said to everyone: "It is very likely that Huludao will be severely hit, the headquarters has built a spare submarine base in Yingkou and Vladivostok, and everyone can also supplement nearby, in short, if the Japanese insist on going to war, everyone will fight to the death!" ”
After the order was given, all the submarine soldiers immediately took action and prepared to set sail at the fastest speed. Shen Honglie looked at the busy crowd, and he was almost out of breath with a heavy pressure on his shoulders.
Don't look at the previous killing of the King Kong and Kirishima, but that was the result of a completely unexpected battle, and the Feng army has not fought much in the serious naval battle. Especially when the opponent is the Combined Fleet, the strongest Liliang in Asia, will inevitably be nervous.
In fact, it was not only him, but even Zhang Tinglan, the Feng army did not have large surface ships now, so it could not have a decisive battle with the Japanese at sea. As for submarines, they are experts in sneak attacks, and they are actually the best at dealing with merchant ships, and it is simply unrealistic to expect submarine formations to fight a decisive battle with the Japanese surface ships.
Therefore, before the start of the war, all the submarines were scattered and let the submarines cruise above the ocean, as a counterattack, anyway, as long as the Japanese sabotaged the peace talks. The Feng army resorted to unlimited submarine warfare and fought the Japanese to the end to see who suffered the greater losses.
Of course, in addition to submarines, the Feng army could not be without other preparations, Shen Honglie had already sent minelayers and quietly laid mine arrays outside the port of Huludao.
Mines are a very self-protective weapon, which is deployed outside the harbor and can effectively prevent enemy sneak attacks. Since the beginning of the war, mines should have been vigorously deployed, but because the Feng army was inexperienced. This problem was ignored. It wasn't until the clouds of war came that Zhang Tinglan suddenly remembered.
Not only did they lay mines outside their own ports, but they also went to the Japanese ports and laid mines among the submarines of the army. There are three Seawolf-class submarines that are on this mission.
In addition, Shen Honglie gathered all the torpedo boats again. If the submarine under water is a wolf pack tactic. Then these torpedo boats are ant colony tactics, and in the face of large Japanese warships, they have to rely on their speed advantage to rush up and release torpedoes.
There was no doubt that this was a very dangerous attack, and it may even be a very dangerous attack, but there was no complaint from anyone. This is the Fengjun sea liliang. Since its establishment, the biggest test of life and death has been for everyone to sacrifice their lives.
Just when the Feng army was actively preparing for war, the huge Japanese fleet. is also rapidly approaching Huludao, and the person in charge of commanding this fleet is Vice Admiral Isamu Takeshita, this guy is the commander of the Japanese First Fleet, and the Nagato and Ise are two large warships, both of which are the core of the First Fleet.
Compared to the Kongo-class battleships with British roots, these two battleships were more powerful and used more Japanese jishu, while the Nagato was designed and built entirely by the Japanese, which can be called the pride of the Japanese navy and the patron saint of the country.
According to the tradition of Japanese Shintoism, all things are spiritual, and after the Nagato was launched, there was also a large shrine that was worshiped by the Japanese.
Being able to send this ace battleship also shows the importance that the Japanese attach to this operation. Defeated by the Feng army, Zuihou was forced to negotiate peace, which was a very faceless thing that the Japanese could simply not accept. They must save face and rely on the army to fight back, and the Japanese government feels unreliable at all.
Counting the Sixth Division, the army already had six divisions folded in the hands of the Feng army, which really scared the Japanese. Therefore, they can only start from the sea and destroy Huludao, which will destroy the shipbuilding foundation of the Feng army, and can also delay the development of the Feng army on the sea.
After repeated weighing, this became the most Haode choice, but the Japanese were also worried, that is, if they let the submarines of the Feng army sink the battleship, they would cry to death. At this time, the Japanese suddenly got a group of mysterious ships, and someone actually provided them with help in the snow, which suddenly gave the Japanese enough confidence, so they decided to make a desperate bet and attack Huludao.
Takeshita sat in the spacious command room of the Nagato, with a smug sneer on his face: "The Nagato is the most powerful warship in the empire, invincible and invincible, and the small branch is not a problem!" ”
"The commander is so right, according to the intelligence, the people of China thought that they had defeated the empire, and I heard that they were preparing to celebrate this Dragon Boat Festival. Everywhere there were lights, the government also distributed free rice dumplings to the people, and the army was on vacation. ”
Takeshita Yong's face was full of hideous colors: "Let them be happy, after tonight, the people of China should hold a funeral." ”
While he was talking, suddenly there was an alarm outside, and Takeshita stood up suddenly and hurriedly asked, "What's the matter?" ”
After a while, his subordinates ran in and said breathlessly: "Report to the commander, the anti-submarine ship has discovered a submarine in China and is chasing it, and our fleet has not suffered any damage." ”
When Takeshita heard this, he finally showed a smug smile, the secret weapon finally worked, and he couldn't help but laugh wildly: "The submarine of Shina is no longer a threat, the warriors of the empire, it's time to show your skills!" ”
Just when Takeshita was arrogant and proud, under the water not far away, a submarine was undergoing the test of life and death, and the captain of this submarine was none other than Tang Junyao. He was cruising on the Bohai Sea with his submarine, and he was going to take a look off Arthur and attack Japanese merchant ships, but suddenly found a huge fleet rushing over.
There was prey coming to the door, Tang Junyao immediately ordered to dive underwater, ready to attack, he had already locked the target on the Ise relatively outside, the huge hull made Tang Junyao's blood boil.
But just as he was about to surface and attack, suddenly a Japanese warship rushed straight at them, and the guns on it opened fire fiercely at them. Tang Junyao was shocked and hurriedly ordered to dive.
They narrowly avoided the artillery, but the other party immediately released depth charges, and when Tang Junyao and the others were diving, they felt a dull sound, and then a strong water pressure hit, and the submarine let out a painful groan.
There was a sound of metal tearing, and Tang Junyao suddenly felt bad, it seemed that his submarine was more than lucky. At this life-and-death juncture, Tang Junyao still maintained the calmness of an excellent commander.
The Japanese weishenme will find the submarine so quickly, what is the warship that rushed over for! Tang Junyao's mind suddenly thought of an extremely bad possibility, the Japanese anti-submarine capability has been improved.
"Captain, no, there's water pouring in!" A soldier said in a panic.
Tang Junyao didn't pay attention to him, but went to the side of the dispatcher, and said hurriedly: "Send a report to the headquarters quickly, the Japanese fleet is very likely to be equipped with anti-submarine sonar, so that all submarines should be vigilant, and don't rashly attack the Japanese fleet." ”
This telegram was sent, Tang Junyao also relaxed a lot, a large amount of seawater has seeped into the submarine, and the cracks in the hull are getting bigger and bigger, if you continue to stay in the water, I am afraid that it will be completely finished. He could only give the order to float, of course, he was not ready to sit back, but let the torpedo be ready, once the Japanese warship continued to pursue, he had to sacrifice his life.
But by the time they came to the surface, the Japanese fleet had already gone far, and on the sea, only a hazy black shadow could be seen.
Tang Junyao's telegram has been sent to Shen Honglie's hands, as soon as he saw this news, Shen Honglie was taken aback, according to Fengjun's intelligence, the Japanese are extremely backward in anti-submarine jishu, but according to Tang Junyao's description, the Japanese should be equipped with special anti-submarine ships.
This is too different from the intelligence, Shen Honglie can't help but be angry, originally he was counting on the submarine to make new contributions, but now he knows that the submarine may become the prey of the Japanese, it's just too bad.
"Quick, notify all submarines, strengthen alert, and don't rashly attack Japanese warships."
Shen Honglie hurriedly gave this order, but it was still a little late, just when the Japanese fleet was about to approach Huludao, a submarine tried to attack, but was hit by the Japanese warship's naval guns, and immediately sank to the bottom of the sea, becoming the first submarine sunk by the Feng army, and all the officers and men of the ship died.
Removing the threat of submarines, Isamu Takeshita was about to go crazy, and his fleet finally approached the Huludao military port in the night. Seeing that the tempting prey was right in front of them, the Japanese also went crazy, the main cannon of the Nagato was an out-and-out treasure and would not be fired at will, but the secondary guns were all aimed in the direction of Huludao.
It was the beginning of the month, and there was not much moonlight, but with the starlight, I could make out a little outline of the military port. The two destroyers rushed to the front and prepared to bombard at close range.
Suddenly, a warship seemed to be electrocuted, a huge fire came out of the bow of the ship, and the violent explosion sent the warship out of the water, and then fell heavily on the sea, the bow showed a huge wound, the sea water poured in rapidly, and the warship sank at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Mine!
Takeshita Yong was suddenly shocked, according to the intelligence, isn't there no mine in the Shina, what the hell is going on? (To be continued......)